Eskimo Joe

@mappy will like this back end...it's solid.

Legit snow in New Windsor. Even Route 31 and 75 are covered.

1/26/11 and 1/20/16 1/26/11 was an event that busted cold and juiced at the last minute. It was one of the biggest winter power outage events from Richmond to Philadelphia and forever changed how the Federal government looked at telework. Since then OPM and many other public and private agencies have invested heavily in reoutfitting their staff for telework. 1/20/16 was about a half inch of powder falling right at sunset that flash froze. This was the same day the last Blizzard Watch was ever issued by LWX WFO for the 2016 "blizzard" and DOT crews were home resting and planning for the weekend. It reaffirmed for many the reason why early, staggered release was needed because a lot of jurisdictions wanted their staff in all day in anticipation of losing the coming Friday and parts of the next work week.

IAD M1.7" as of 16:00

Accumulating on everything but the main roads here in new windsor. Temp is 31.7

Nonpaved surfaces accumulating, down to 33 in New Windsor.

Went from flurries to SN fast.

Meso'd

SN- New Windsor

In New Windsor, Carroll County. Looking west from the fire department and the Catoctin Mts just faded out. Really raw too.

I somehow quoted the wrong post on mobile. Disregard.

Actually, no. The decision is harder to make than you would think. MARC and VRE run only one way because of shared tracking with Amtrak and CSX so there are a lot of rail logistics to iron out. Even with a plan in place, which there is, it takes at least two hours to switch business operations.

1/7: Federal offices in the Washington, DC area status: Early Departure 4 hour staggered early release all employees must depart no later than 1:00 PM. https://t.co/XNpFS40aXT https://t.co/4UsMzYfwwA

I thought it was being discontinued in Jan 2020?

SREF is not an operational product anymore.

Yea, just saw the WWA and ZFP go out so the maps should be following shortly.

VDOT and DC DOT are reviewing MDOTs policy and how it is assessed for compliance by contractors. At least on paper, the program is solid and has been used elsewhere in the northeast. The plan has two tiers, one for events like the one forecast to occur and other's where at least 8 inches of snow is expected.

Actually MDOT has implemented a change to their salting procedures to reduce salting and brine application on state roads. The change also affects their contractors. Excessive salt application is now limited to county and local government. The change started at the beginning of this year and is designed to limit runoff into waterways and sewer systems.

Anniversary of the Blizzard of '96 today. The big daddy.

It's because the weather is the one escape from the hellscape that is life.

Let's save it for next year. I don't want some rogue 12" - 16" event that's gone in 48 hours.

This is a phenomenal write up, and it's obvious you went through a lot to collate the information, thank you. I have two follow up questions for BWI. 1.) Would it be possible to re-run the data for 10 inch or greater events? 2.) Would it be possible to re-run the data for days when the high temperatures was at or below 32 degrees at BWI? I'm curious to see if there is any strong correlation for cold weather.

I think @Bob Chilland @psuhoffman mentioned this before. Worth a read: